SPLIT-SCREEN STATEMENT: President Barack Obama took to the White House podium this afternoon, delivering updates on the dual pre-eminent challenges filling the airwaves: tensions in Ferguson, Missouri, and U.S. military actions in Iraq. He took several questions after the statement.

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On Ferguson: “I understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of Michael Brown. But giving into that anger by looting, carrying guns and even attacking the police … undermines rather than advances justice.”

Attorney General Eric Holder will travel to Ferguson on Wednesday, Obama added.

On Iraq: “Over the last week, we saw historic progress as Iraqis made a new prime minister-designate, Haider al-Abadi.” The peaceful transition of power marks a change in the tide for Iraq politically, but there is much still to be done to protect U.S. personnel and ISIL-targeted religious minorities, Obama said.

Keep an eye on politico.com for updates and further analysis on the president’s statement.

OBAMA: MOSUL DAM RECAPTURED: Iraqi and Kurdish troops have recaptured the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq after an uptick in U.S. airstrikes this weekend, Obama said.

The president said floods from a breached dam could have been “‘catastrophic’ for Iraqis and American troops and diplomats, so U.S. commanders had to act to help protect it,” according to Pro Defense.

NO FERGUSON CURFEW TONIGHT: There will be no curfew in Ferguson tonight, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said today after protesters and police officers continued to clash over the weekend, Jonathan Topaz reports: http://politi.co/YqfwsH

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While you were working, an aide to Sen. John Thune gave a positive prognosis for cybersecurity reform and PricewaterhouseCoopers defended itself.

OBAMA WILL CHAIR U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING: The president will personally oversee a United Nations Security Council meeting at the annual General Assembly in September, ThinkProgress reports.

Obama’s appearance will mark the second time in history that a U.S. president has chaired the meeting, and the president plans to cover counterterrorism issues, according to Hayes Brown: http://bit.ly/1sPIhLS

TIE GOES TO THE VICE PRESIDENT: In a 50-50 Republican-Democrat Senate scenario, Vice President Joe Biden would be the tiebreaking vote.

CHINESE HACKERS STEAL HEALTH DATA: In the biggest reported cyberattack on a U.S. health care company, some 4.5 million patients’ personal data was stolen in April and June, Community Health Systems said in an SEC filing today. Chinese hackers stole names, Social Security numbers and other information. The company says it confirmed an “Advanced Persistent Threat” group from China attacked company systems with malware and other technology, Pro eHealth’s Arthur Allen reports.

The company’s investigator, Mandiant, “conducted a thorough investigation,” according to the filing, which also confirmed that hackers didn’t get any medical or credit card records. Arthur writes that it’s not the first issue the Tennessee-based company has dealt with this month: http://politico.pro/1n2TscX

GREENS WANT MORE ON KEYSTONE: An environmental group wants to know why the State Department hasn’t updated its conclusions on the impact of the Keystone XL pipeline after a June update noting its effect on railways. In a Freedom of Information Act request shared with POLITICO, Friends of the Earth asked for all communications between State and Keystone lobbyists between Jan. 31 and June 1. Pro Energy’s Darren Goode writes that critics of the pipeline also wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry at the end of the month.

“These statistics are highly questionable, but more questionable still is what prompted the State Department to update these particular numbers while neglecting numbers that show how Keystone XL would catalyze an increase in emissions,” the group’s Luísa Abbott Galvão said in a statement.

HOPE FOR CYBERSECURITY REFORM? So says a top aide for Sen. John Thune on the Commerce Committee, Pro Tech’s Tony Romm reports.

"In the Senate, this Congress, we now have five discreet bills that have cleared three different committees of jurisdiction all sponsored by the chairman and ranking member [of each panel]. Nearly all of them have parallel bills in the House that could easily be conference," Nick Rossi told attendees at the Technology Policy Institute’s conference in Aspen, Colorado.

Citing “momentum and progress,” Rossi said there could be a way to resolve outstanding issues on long-discussed cyber legislation later this year or early in 2015. More details from the conference here: http://politico.pro/1pWvnrO

PwC DEFENDS ITSELF: New York’s top financial regulator hit PricewaterhouseCoopers with a $25 million fine and a two-year consulting ban today, Kate Davidson reports for Pro Financial Services. The state’s superintendent of financial services said PwC watered down a report on sanctions and anti-money laundering compliance at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. The report was supposed to detail the bank’s falsification of wire transfer information for sanctioned countries like Iran and Sudan. The bank paid $250 million last year for sanctions violations.